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a SEVERE STORM

HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass. Dec 30-One
of the most severe southeastern gales of the
season prevailed last night and early this
morning 1t changed to high north
wester, with a rapidly falling temperature,
and at sunset was blowing mere than
sixty miles an hour. Tonight is very cold
and will be bad one i'll the bay and along
the coast.
HALIFAX, Dec 3O-A terrific southeast
ern gale prevailed last night and caused
extensive damage to shipping in the har
Dor. Al the vessels in the port were
more or less injured. and in some cases
wharves were damaged About the city
fences were blown down. trees nprooted
and chimneys and skylights blown away.
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ME- EREtGETS

LINCOLN. Neb Dec 30.-The state board
of transportation held meeting today 10
discuss the question of a new tariff for
Nebraska roads. Another meeting will be
held Thursday next. when a general invi
tation will be given to all business men
and shippers to attend and present their
views There is "A prospect that finally the
board will insist upon all freight traffic in
Nebraska being placed upon distance
tariff The scheme is to put every point
on an equitable basis and 50 arrange the in
and out rates as to make them eqnai to the
through rate
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FARMER PIJNSTONS VIEWS

LAWRENCE, Kan. Dec. 5o.-Hon l.. ".
tun>ton addressed the Young Mems E.-
publican club at this place tonight ON the
political issues OF the day. The tariff
question was the main feature of the adj
dress, and WAS discussed in an able and Ia
ielilgent manner. Mir. Funston thought
the best way 10 reduce the surplus WAS i1A
the erection or poStottice buildings. in III.
construction OF coast deieu-e> and in
crea>ing the navy. There was large al
tendance
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

We have just completed large number
of sets OF school records, including the new
book (as required by law, register OF war
rants presented to and paid by treasurer
Orders filled promptly
THE WICHITA EAGLE.
di01-tfz Wichita. Kansas.
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THE ABILENE CHRONICLE SOLD

ABILENE, Dec. 30,-The Abilene Weekly
Chronicle was today sold to &. ". c.
Rohrer, former proprietor of the Daily Ga
zette. II j. Mr.. Rohrlrs intention TO
print Sunday morning paper
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q BIC STORM

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Dec @O-A furious
snow storm, accompanied by a strong
wind set in this morning but it is still
quite cold. If the snow lasts during the
day much interruption to business and
serious blOckades must result.
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MhNNING,S SUCCESSOR

New YORK, Dec. SIT is expected that
at a meeting of the directors tomorrow.
Conrad n Jordan will be elected president
OF the Western National bank. 10 succeed
Daniel Manning. recently deceased
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Fl OlIRINC MILL RuRNFD

vile, Mich, special says: The Central
FIGURING mills here burned early this
morning. together with 1000 bushels of
wheat. Loss, $1,000: partly insured.
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SheriTf'S Sale.
District Con I. >edgwick County, Kansas
E. l. NcphetridEo. plaintiff.

District Cou {. Sedgwick County, Kansas
F. L. NcPhetridEc. plaintiff.
James O. Hsnl3n, defendant.
BY virtue of order Of sale issued out ~ the
District Court SITTING IN and Tor SedEvick County
Kansas, " herein r l. AiCt hetrGge i plaintiff aud
James q. HGnlan y defendant. will. on Monday.
the @utt Gay - January. iS. y u. az o'clock
~ the sheriff 0cv. IN the city of " chita- Kansas,
oGcr Tor sale al public auction Go the highest bid
der, on thirty days time. Win good security. the
follow ing described personal properly:
Forty four pieces 81 tailor dress goods appraised
az S,a and will be SOLD satisfy said order ~ sale
sherius once ichiJa. Kansa~ ttee p. A. n iss..
" ". HAYS
sheriff SefEwick County. Kansas,
b. r. +. BROWN. Cnder->hcrtG.
GORDON 4 COFFIN, PLAINTIFF attorneys. a Gt
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i'ccans.

What young fellow would go and ser his
girl and not crackher pcacans when they are
only 10 cents per pound at the Occidental
Grocery. 3,}S y Main street l9-tf
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OVER THE OCEAN.
ENGLAND.

LONDON, Dec. 3O-On the arrival from
New York of the White Star line steamer
AratIc, which arrived at Queenstown, one
of the cabin passengers, named Chilly,
committed suicide
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SATISFACTORY TEST MOTOR

SATISFACTORY TEST OF MOTOR
BOsTON, Dec. 30.-An important test of
the power of electricity in moving a car on
snow covered track was made here yes
terday with fairly satisfactory results. The
car was the Stevens & Weston electric car,
and its first trial trip was from the Cam
bridgeport stables at the junction of Main
and Harvard streets, to Harvard square
and return. There were only a few gentle
men on board, fact which made the test
a harder one. since the more heavily tie
car is loaded the easier it will bite the
rail. The car made little better time
than the regulr horse car time. but
The wheels slipped some, necessitating
the expenditure of more power than
would otherwise have been required.
IT was also found necessary to use
plentiful supply of sand. In fact it
was SprinIled upon he rails nearly all the
time. Arrangements are making TO re-
place the present wheels with new style
pOlygOnal wheels, and it is also proposed
10 connect the motor with both ayles in
stead of only with one as ut present. Thus
the car will have four instead of only two
driving wheels. Mr. Stevens the electric
ian of the Weston Electric company. the
inventor of the motor on this car. express
ed the belief that had there been four driv-
ing wheels in use Yesterday, the car would
have done still better There would have
been no slipping, and that the necessity
for using sand would also have been Obyi-
ated. The result of the first trip, when the
rails were covered with so much snow as
TO require four horses Oh all street cars
WAS, on the whole, regarded as very salts
factory, and the officers of the Weston
company are greatly strengthened in their
belief that they have got practical elec-
trical car, suitable for every day use on
common street railroads
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

Free reclining chair cars are now running
on all trains on the C., h r. : Ky Rock
Island Route between Wichita Topeka.
Kansas City, 81 Joseph Chicago. 81
Louis eff
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20 County snnerinrerdents.

Go to your usual voting place Saturday
d3d-3ts
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Everybody Takes IL

Samples Of New Years calling cards can
be seen In this office
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FIXED OVER.
Some of the Changes Senator Cull0m Will
Make in His Postal Telegraph BILL

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Cullom
will introduce an amendment TO his postal
telegraph bill Immediately after the reas-
sembling of congress, changing the rates
named in the original bill, more especially
for the transmission of press matter
While he believes that congress ought to
prescribe rates for the use Of government
wires, as it prescribes rates for the use of
the mails, instead of leaving it to
the discretion of officials. vet the
rates named in his bill were designed
merely AS Il suggestion TO the committee
which should have the bill in charge
With subsequent inquiry and with the i'll
formation which has come to him from
many sources, he has reached the cOnclu-
sion that there ought TO be no difference
upon the government lines between the
service of like character rendered to even
ing papers and that to morning papers.
The rates TO be named in his amendment
are baseG upon ii unit Of 100 words or frac-
ton thereof. and are as follows:
For 800 miles or less, - cents: between
800 and / COG miles, 30 cents; between 30
and 1000 miles, 40 cents: between 1000 and
5000 miles, - cents. and for more than
1900 miles, % cents. When more than one
copy of the same dispatch is sent TO differ
ent newspapers at the same or at different
offices, the acknowledgements is to pre-
scribe the rate to be charged for the drop
COPIES.
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Closing out toys at cost at Pavilion. 40
y. Main street d-I7-tf
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Special sale of silverware at the Paw lion.
$40 North Main It. I1tf
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Gents Christmas slippers at cost this
week nj McNaUghten x Mile. first door
west of Citizens bank on Douglas Ave
d35-5t
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Beautiful gents slippers FROM 75c TO -
a pair at McNaghten * Miles, l0i West
Douglas. est
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Contractor & Builder,

Firstclsss work At Lowest Prices. Estimates
furnished on short notice. Wichita, Kan.
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Embslmiug
g. NJ Deering q Co, 10 North Main
Office open both night and day 3J-lm
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Holiday ENeur,ion Ticx.fs

dl01-tf*
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

They kill claim Jumpers in the western part
of Kansas.
A car load of ostriches from Africa arrived
at Los Angeles the other day.
Los Angeles county, California, is larger
than Rhode Island and Delaware combined
There are said to be more beggars in Bir-
mingham, Ala, than in any other city in the
south
Ninety per cent. of the travellers to eastern
points from Butte, M. T., purchase second
class tickets.
1t is quite the fashionable thing now to run
down from Washington to Old Point Com
fort for few days.
Certain New York women have exposed
themselves to much criticism by reason of &C.
centricities in dress.
The fear that he would turn into dog
when he died and be owned by bad man
drove one Reynolds, of Virginia, to suicide.
Crush opera hats for ladies are popular in
New York. They are made of cloth, in a
conical shape, and are fitted with springs.
The Hawaiian government has just annexed
Ocean island, which is described as a sand
bank 200 miles from the Hawaiian group.
The river Thames is said to have ebbed and
flowed in a very decided manner three times
in one hour and quarter one morning re-
Gently.
The water used in the White House for
drinking purposes is conveyed to the mansion
by pipes from spring in Franklin park, sew
eral squares distant.
Mr.. Labouchere thinks the queen could not
mark her jubilee by more graceful and
popular act than writing an open letter to the
Irish landlords calling upon them to treat
their tenants hunlanely.
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Intelligence of Two Dogs.

John Schier, the aged Waterman of
Louisville furniture factory, fell on the ice
on a recent cold night and broke his thigh.
He tired himself out shouting, but no one
came and he was in fair way to freeze to
death, when J. L. Eshmans two Newfound-
land dogs ran up. Schier had played with
them since they were puppies, and they were
glad to see hiIn and were ready for frolic;
but when their friend didn't get up they at
once knew something was wrong. First they
howled long and mournfully; Ssseia they
dashed away, ran to their masters sonse.
and awakened him by their barking and
scratching He knew their intelligence. snd
followed them to where the old man lay III.
sensible He carried him to the factory office,
summoned a surgeon by telephone, and while
the doctor reduced the fracture the two dogs
stood on the outside Of the office with their
fore feet on the window sill and watched him
through the window-New York Sum-
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USE THE BEST!
s! D n EB RAKER' )
PREPARATIONS.
BE CAREFuL. MOTHERS.

BE CAREFUL, MOTHERS.
Some Worm Medicines kill worms, also the child.
Give your little ones Stonebraker'S Worm Syrup.
purely Vegetable and endorsed by every class and
profession at the best remedy known In constant
demand fol nearly 81 years. Price, 70 cents.
HOUSE WIVES.
What will become of the poor tired, overworked
broken down men and women OF this age? Well II
you will listen moment we will tell you, they will
eventually die; so will we all, But many have and
many will cure the maladies they now suffer with
braker's Blood and Liver Corrector 1t brings back
the fresh ruddy glow of youth to the shrlvelled
cheeks, the luster Of health to the eye. and gives
elasticity to the step that plat ny tells you you are
not yet ready for the grave. Sold in all the Drug
Stores and by dealers generally at 81 per bottle
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY
Experimenting with Plasters. Oils, etc. but for
Rheumatism, Scalds, Burns. Neuralgia, Headache.
Back ache or any bodily pain, use StOnebrakers
Eminent. In constant use Al years, and me de-
mand greater to-day than ever Price rs cents.
STONEBRAKER'S COUGH SYRUP.
Stonebrakers Cough Syrup has attained degree
of excellency far beyond any other preparations OF
the kind in the world, simply because it cures
COnghs Colds Hoarseness and all Lung troubles.
rs cents Established lS49.
STuNEBRAKER's HOG POWDERS.
Not one of my customers lost hog from hog
cholera although they died all around them) that
the people thousands. Respectfully, G. S BRUCE.
WytheYille, Va, December. 1886.
Don't wait until summer but get Stone6rakers
them to your hogs-they prevent as well as cure
You know that otonebraker's preparations are as
good as gold. then don't delay but ask any mer-
chant for Stonebrakers hog Powders and take no
other. Is cents.
STONEBRAKFRS CHICKEN POWDERS
Stonebraker's Chicken Powders makes the hens
law prevent and cure all diseases which the feath-
cred tribe are liable 81 years in constant demand
they are the only Chicken Powders in the world,
There are many limitations called chicken food,
&c but Stonebraker'S Chicken Powders are the
old reliable. Now is the time to use them. The
colder The weather the more good they VIII 90
your poultry.
THE HORSE.
Courageous in battle docile in peace, he is really
mans most useful and faithful friend He has been
closely allied and prominently identified With all
our en- erprises and interests from time lmmemo-
rial. His noble beauty and gallant manners make
him the most be tutiful OF all Gods four tooted
creatures His services in the advancement OF
civilization should endear him to the heart OF an
who love liberty and justice His life and health Is
solely dependent upon the mercy and compassion
at his owner, and though sometimes cruelty beaten
and shamefully starved, he endares without
murmur vet recognizes the hand that shows MN
mercy. His patience, forbe arance, fidelity ano
genreness convince us that he appreciates oul
Kindness and is more submissive than our own
children.
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THE LICK OBSERVATORY LENSES.
A Brief Account Of Their Unpacking.
Pracious Pieces of PronartY.


Precious Pieces of Property.
The large lenses for the Lick observatory
have at last reached their destination, Mt
Hamilton, in safety. Theseglasses have been
prepared at immense cost of time and money
by the Messrs Clark, of Cambridge, and
after being securely packed were placed in a
special car for transportation across the con-
tinent, under the guardianship of Capt.
Frazer. The San Francisco Chronicle gives
brief account of the unpacking:
The outer boxes were first removed, and
then the boxes containing the lenses were
taken to the south room of the observatory,
where a fire had been started hours before
to produce the proper temperature. When
the covers of the boxes were removed it was
found that the glasses had not moved out OF
place in the slightest degree. The wrappings
of cotton flannel, forty yards to each glass,
were then carefully cut away, and the glasses
brushed and wiped with the utmost delicacy
by Mr.. Frazer, in accordance with the in
structions given him by Alvan Clark. This
done, the glasses, set on edge on steel rollers,
were put in a cast iron cell inlaid with silver,
with space of six and half inches between
them.
The next move was to transport the cell,
with its valuable attachment, weighing alto
gether 600 pounds, to the vault in the north
room under the pier which supports the
twelve-inch equatorial. Here every precau-
ton had been taken to prevent moisture, and
here the glasses will remain until the time
comes for mounting them. Investigation
shows that neither the flint nor the crown
glasses had been injured at all. Each was in
as good condition as when it left the hands
of the Clarks-Exchange
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Gathering Jack Rabbit scalps.

In Grant county, Ore, where the bounty
on jack rabbit scalps is five cents each, some
of the farmers stretch wire screen across
the prairie, the screen having meshes just
large enough for a rabbit to stick his head
through. Then men and dogs round up the
rabbits and drive them toward the screen,
and in their hurry to escape they stick their
heads through and are caught. Then the
farmers scalp the captives and let them go,
hoping that each will raise another five cent
scalp before long This is the story told by
the Grant county News.
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Anronns of Tennyson.

There died this week at Margate, England,
Mrs. Richard Jesse. She was Emily Tenny-
son, and was betrothed to Arthur Henry
Hallan, whose death nearly broke her heart
and gave to the world that most lovely, pa
thetic poem, Sin Memoriam" Apropos OF
Tennyson, he has just been presented with q
tankard bearing the inscription, GA pint pot
neatly CRAVEN" 1t was the gift of the last
two landlords of the Old Clock tavern at
Temple Bar. The old tavern is now demol
ished-it is only memory-and Lord Tenny.
son has written an autograph letter to Messrs
Spiers and Pond accepting their gift and
promising that it shall be preserved as an
heirloom in his family.-New York Graphic.
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Edmund's Offended Dignity.
MR.. RIDDLEBERGER INTERRUPTS HIS
SPEECH BY INQUIRING FOR
CHESTNUT BELL.

A Washington special to the New York
Herald" says:
1t occurred at late hour during last
lights session of the Senate. Mr.. Rid
dleberger of Virginia was, as usual, The
cause of the trouble, and the grave, imper.
Lurbable Mr.. Edmunds of Vermont, the
victim. 1t came about in this way: Short
Iy before midnight Mr.. Edmunds arrived
IN the scene fresh from a dinner party al
senator Sanford g. A delicate boutonniert
of pink rosebuds and violets adorned ths
lapel of Mr.. Edmunds' dress coat. Th'
cious mood. AS he took his seat he smiled
Dlandly upon the gentlemen IN his imme-
date vicinity, and leaning back in his
chair followed the debate on the resolution
to investigate the Pacific roads. Finally
Mr.. Edmunds secured che floor. and speak.
ing in favor of the resolution, used snb
stantially the arguments frequently mad
by him in previous discussions regarding
tn , indebtedness of these roads to the Uni.
ted States.
Mr.. Riddleberger. who was opposed t.
he resolution, finally interrupted the hon.
,rable gentleman, according to the ''Re-
cord," as follows:
Mr. Riddleberger. Will the Senator al.
l w me to make an inquiry?
Mr. Edmunds. Certainly.
Mr.. Riddleberger. there any Senator
here who has a chestnut bell
The "Record" does not record the peals
of laughter which shook the building at
this unlooked-for proceeding, but those
/ who were present say that Mr.. Edmunds
was so angry, Notwithstanding his imper-
turbable manner, that it was several mi
nutes before be recovered his composure.
There is now considerable curiosity on
the part of Mr.. Edmund's colleages to
know what reply he will make to Mr.. Rid
dleberger the next time that gentleman
asks permission to interrupt him.
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TIL. Alaska Free Press.

I was shown by friend, the other day, No.
1, volume /, of The Alaska Free Press, issued
Jan. Is of this year. 1t is weekly paper
printed at Juneau, Douglass Island, Alaska.
The paper is trimming full of reference to
the wonderful mining prospects along the
Yukon river, and looks upon Alaska as liable
to become the greatest mining country in the
world The editor calmly says that six de-
grees below zero is the coolest yet experienced
in his country and no snow on the ground
Cor. Pioneer Press.
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,roner uaz he INTERRUPTED me with:

proper way he interrupted me with:
''Stopl The world has been going on
too fast for the last fifty years. and must
stop. or be thrown off its axis. We must
90 backward where we cam"
In pursuance of his theory he pronounc-
ed the word .fulfl'' as filful." and 1 hu-
mored him by spelling words that way
After about half an hour he laid the book
down, complimented me on my smartness.
and during a recess of five minutes he
walked up and down the floor. with bis
head down and his arms behind him. like
one IN deep thought. Thus far he had be-
trayed no temper nor sign Of violence. and
[ began to breathe easier. even calcu-
lated that it might be possible to trick
him. He presently called me up to reclte
in geography, and here his insanity was
still more apparent. When he asked me
what an island was, and received the an
swer as given in the lesson, he struck the
desk with his ruler and exclaimed:
sit is not so. We have been fools. An
island is hill 200 feet high, and these by
p0CrlL6S B0oW IL dill Uu0 blLu0.
IL was II O'Clock at night before be
ceased asking questions in geography
Then I asked for permission to 60 home
and get my slate pencil. He accorded It,
but as I reached locked door he called:
"Oh, you can't 60. You are one of the
children who spit on the floor to-day and
I shall keep you here"
From II to IL sat in chair near the
stove. while he paced up and down and
muttered and mumbled in strange way
to himself Whenever the fire got low
[ replenished it without objections from
him, nor did he seem aware of the storm
raging outside. Just after midnight he
made me work examples on the black
board for an hour, and once or twice be-
came very much excited. According To
ns theory must not figure that two ana
5wo made four, but that the total Was
uothing. This was setting the world
back. After rest we had recitation in
grammar, another in reading, and at 8
O'Clock he rang the bell, and calmly OBJ
served:
"ChiIdren, school is dismissed. To-
morrow being Saturday, there will be no
school,"
Then, without even seeming to be aware
If my presence, he put on his overcoat,
drew his cap over his ears, and passed
out into the storm and left me alone.
lost no time in locking the doors behind
dim, and it was not until daylight that
got over the fear of his return. Soon after
daybreak Uncle Billy came for me, having
been detained the day before by a sick
norse, and sending me a message which
was not delivered. We had scarcely
finished breakfast when the dead and
frozen body of my crazy schoolmaster was
brought in. He was, in truth, an old
schoolmaster, and had gone insane and
been confined in an asylum at Cleveland.
Escaping from the place, he went tramp
ing over the country and walked in upon
me in the queer manner have related.
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HENRY Georges Legacy.

The widow of George Hutchins, Of New
Jersey, has recently written to Henry George
with reference to the legacy of $1,000 left by
her deceased husband for the purpose of being
applied to the gratuitous distribution of Mr..
Georges book. Mrs Hutchins explains that
her share of her husbands estate was very
much less than she had supposed; in fact, that
it was totally insufficient for her support. In
reply Henry George told her that under the
circumstances he would ascertain what legal
action must be taken with the view Of trans
ferring to her the money left to him. The
money was left to him absolutely. Chicago
Times